amylaceous

[ am-uh-ley-shuhs ]

/ ˌæm əˈleɪ ʃəs /

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adjective

of the nature of starch; starchy.

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Origin of amylaceous

First recorded in 1820–30; amyl- + -aceous

Words nearby amylaceous

amygdaloid fossa, amygdaloid nucleus, amygdaloside, amygdule, amyl, amylaceous, amyl acetate, amyl alcohol, amylase, amylase-creatinine clearance ratio, amylasuria

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How to use amylaceous in a sentence

For this purpose physiologists prefer the fatty to the amylaceous varieties of diet.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
The bones, being heavier than the amylaceous substances, are to be found in the apex of the cone formed by the residue.
Legal Chemistry|A. Naquet
It forms a nutritious and easily digested amylaceous food, being used in place of starch in some preparations of cocoa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various
For this purpose, almost every amylaceous vegetable at once plentiful and cheap has, in its turn, been eagerly appropriated.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

The meal or flour as imported in the form of a fine amylaceous powder.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom|P. L. Simmonds

British Dictionary definitions for amylaceous

amylaceous

/ (ˌæmɪˈleɪʃəs) /

adjective

of or resembling starch

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Medical definitions for amylaceous

amylaceous

[ ăm′ə-lā′shəs ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or resembling starch; starchy.